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Alice Miller
AuthorBooks · Second hand1923-2010
Alice Miller was a Polish-Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages. She was also a noted public intellectual. Her 1979 book The Drama of the Gifted Child caused a sensation and became an international bestseller upon the English publication in 1981. Her views on the consequences of child abuse became highly influential in the fields of child development, psychotherapy, and trauma. In her books she departed from psychoanalysis, charging it with being similar to the poisonous pedagogies.
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About Alice Miller
Birth
1923
Death
2010
Alice Miller was a Polish-Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages. She was also a noted public intellectual. Her 1979 book The Drama of the Gifted Child caused a sensation and became an international bestseller upon the English publication in 1981. Her views on the consequences of child abuse became highly influential in the fields of child development, psychotherapy, and trauma. In her books she departed from psychoanalysis, charging it with being similar to the poisonous pedagogies.
Alice Miller was a prominent Swiss psychologist who dedicated her life to researching the consequences of child abuse.
Beyond her work in psychology, she also developed an artistic side as a painter.
Her literary output is extensive, comprising a total of 138 publications throughout her career.
Born in Lviv, her life journey was shaped by her multicultural identity across Poland, Switzerland, and France.
Her essays explore fundamental themes such as narcissism and the recovery of child abuse victims.
